Improvement in cotton-gin feeders



J'. .W. WEBB.

COTTON-GIN FEEDER.

No.176,9 0 8: Patented m 2.18761.

WITNESSES monum N- PEIERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNI ED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JOHN W. WEBB,- OF UNION SPRINGS, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-GIN FEEDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,908, dated May 21876; application filed February 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

V Be it known that I, JoHN WESLEY WEBB of Union Springs, in the countyof Bullock and State of Alabama, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cotton-Gin Feeders, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure l is a vertical section of my improved machine taken through theline :10 m, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine forfeeding cotton regularly to a gin, and which shall be so constructed asto allow sand and other hard substances to drop out.

The invention consists in the cam and its shaft, the pivoted rack,provided with a shouldered bar, the two shafts, provided with radialpins, 'and the adjustable guard-board, constructed and arranged ashereinafter fully described.

' A represents the box or case of the ma chine, to the forward lowerpart of the sides of which are pivoted the forward corners of a rack, B.The rear edge of the rack B rests against the rear side of the box A, ata higherelevationthan its lower edge, to give the said rack a downwardinclination forward. The upper or rear edge of the-rack B is'coveredwith a board, I), the upper edge of which is hinged to the case A, andwhich prevents the cotton from getting between the rack and case whenthe said rack is jarred. The slats of the rack B, which may be made ofwood or wires, are placed at such a distance apart that sand and otherhard substances may. drop through it, and to the under side of said rackis attached a bar, 0, having a shoulder formed .upon the forward part ofits lower edge, to

rest upon the face of the cam-wheel D, attached to the shaft E, thejournals of which revolve in bearings attached to the rear lower part ofthe sides of the'case A. F is a shaft, provided with numerous radial.pins, G, to

feed the cotton down to and down along the rack B.

In bearin gs attached to the forward part of the sides of the case Arevolve the journals of the shaft H, which is provided with numerousradial pins, I, to feed the cotton to the gin.

The cotton passes from the rack B to the gin over the apron J, the endsof which are slid into grooves in the sides of the case A, and to theforward edge of which is hinged a flap, K.

The cylinder or shaft H is covered with a cover, L, made of wire-gauzeor other suitable material, and which is'hinged at its upper edge to thecase A. M is a board, which projects downward in the rear of the shaftH, to prevent any cotton from passing over said shaft H, and to regulatethe feed. The board M is slotted to receive the bolt or bolts by whichit is secured in place, so as to be adjusted as may be required.

To one of the journals of the shaft H is attached a fast and loosepulley, N, to receive a belt from the gin-saw shaft, for driving thesaid shaft. To-the other journal of the shaft H is attached apulley, 0,around which passes a belt, P, which also passes around the pulleys Q R,attached to the journals of the shafts F E, so that the said shafts maybe driven from the shaft H.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The shaft E, provided with the cam D, the pivotedrack B, provided with a shouldered bar, 0, the shafts F and H, providedwith the radial pins I, and the adjustable guard-board M,constructed'and arranged, in relation to each other and the case A,substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

. J. W. WEBB. Witnesses:

WM. YOUNGBLOOD, J. 1;. FAY.

